SG11201903668VA - Amusement park attraction control management system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property :::` , Organization 03 MD 11011110111010101111101 110 10011111110M 01111111111011110111 OEN International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ........\"' WO 2018/094198 Al 24 May 2018 (24.05.2018) WIP0 1 PCT (51) International Patent Classification: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, A63G 31/16 (2006.01) KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (21) International Application Number: MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, PCT/US2017/062279 OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, (22) International Filing Date: TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. 17 November 2017 (17.11.2017) (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (26) Publication Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, (30) Priority Data: TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, 62/424,870 21 November 2016 (21.11.2016) US EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, 15/439,720 22 February 2017 (22.02.2017) US MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, (71) Applicant: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). [US/US]; 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, Califor- nia 91608 (US). Declarations under Rule 4.17: (72) Inventor: WOODCOCK, Kathryn Lee; 206 Lee Avenue, — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a Toronto, Ontario M4E 2P3 (CA). patent (Rule 4.17(ii)) — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the (74) Agent: GUERRERO, Jason M. et al.; P.O. Box 692289, earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) — Houston, Texas 77269 (US). = Published: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) = _ kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, = CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, = (54) Title: AMUSEMENT PARK ATTRACTION CONTROL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD (57) : A plurality of sensors is configured to obtain data relat- ing to operation of a plurality of ride vehicles, wherein the plurality of 34 CONTROL ROOM sensors include cameras configured to capture images. A control system = 36 _ DISPLAY SYSTEM I is to features the plurality communicatively coupled control of each of = —,, based data. A — CONTROL / MONIIORING SYSTEM of ride vehicles and configured to control operation on the workstation includes at least one interface panel to provide an animat- = 30. - ---LOENTRAL CONTROLLER] 4C Ili 42 ed representation of the ride vehicles, wherein animation effects of the animated representation are configured to mimic movement of the ride = 44 -- --I TRANSCEIVER I = 10--N vehicles based on positioning information. One or more panel displays = 26 = = 11 C, 22 — 13 11 12 f- 11 GC *..., C:7 12--.; 11 22 71' C:7 26 ---,. 0# 14 VEHICLE 26 pr — 22 24 ne-12 11 L 22 22 r12 CONTROLLER W El 16 of views in a matrix is positioned beyond the workstation such that an 32 operator can observe the one or more panel displays. A portion of the views corresponds to a camera feed and a graphic indicator. 26 26 0 1 TRANSCEIVER 1-4--18 GC 11 POSI'ION TRACKING L. SYSTEM 0 FIG. 1 N C